July 18, 1889: Lady Hilda retrieved the missing letter from beneath Eduardo Lucas’s floor. [SECO]
On July 17th…
July 17, 1888: Holmes told Colonel Ross that Silver Blaze had killed John Straker. [SILV]
July 17, 1888: Silver Blaze won the Wessex Cup. [SILV]
July 17, 1889: An inquest into the death of Eduardo Lucas was held. [SECO]
On July 16th…
July 16, 1889: Trelawney Hope and Lord Bellinger asked Holmes for help. [SECO]
On July 15th…
July 15, 1889: Eduardo Lucas was stabbed to death by his wife, Mme. Fournaye [SECO]
On July 13th…
July 13, 1888: Holmes called upon Madam Lesurier. [SILV]
On July 12th…
July 12, 1895: Holmes captured Patrick Cairns. [BLAC]
On July 11th…
July 11, 1895: Holmes sent a telegram using the name of Captain Basil. [BLAC]
July 11, 1895: John Hopley Neligan was apprehended at Peter Carey’s cabin. [BLAC]
July 11, 1903: Prof. Presbury was attacked a second time by his wolf hound, Rory. [CREE]
On July 10th…
July 10, 1888: About 2 a.m., Silver Blaze killed John Straker. [SILV]
Another one of my favorite stories in the Canon. I never had heard of a horse as a weapon and innocence of murder by reason of self-defense. At age 12, I did not care about racing laws, rules and such. Now, as an adult? I don’t care about them. It’s a great story.
July 10, 1889: —A letter from a foreign potentate was received in the Foreign Office. [SECO]
July 10, 1895: Holmes visited the scene of Peter Carey’s murder. [BLAC]
On July 9th…
July 9, 1895: John Hopley Neligan attempted to break into Peter Carey’s cabin. [BLAC]
July 9, 1895: Holmes received a wire from Inspector Hopkins. [BLAC]
On July 3rd…
July 3, 1895: At 2 Am Patrick Cairns killed Peter Carey with a harpoon. [BLAC]
Another one of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s fantastic word pictures. Quoting from the Canon:
And there in the middle of it was the man himself, his face twisted like a lost soul in torment, and his great brindled beard stuck upwards in his agony. Right through his broad breast a steel harpoon had been driven, and it had sunk deep into the wood of the wall behind him. He was pinned like a beetle on a card. Of course, he was quite dead, and had been so from the instant that he uttered that last yell of agony.
What a description!! His word pictures like that made me at 12 years old on the plains of Kansas move to Baker Street for the rest of my life.
On July 2nd…
July 2, 1894: John Hector MacFarlane was arrested by Lestrade. [NORW]
July 2, 1903: Prof. Presbury was attacked by his own wolf hound, Roy. [CREE]
On July 1st…
July 1, 1894: Jonas Oldacre brought his will to John Hector MacFarlane. [NORW]
July 1, 1895: Patrick Cairns first visited Peter Carrey. [BLAC]
On June 28th…
June 28, 1890: John Turner confessed to the murder of Charles McCarthy (BOSC)
On June 27th…
June 27, 1890: Holmes and Watson traveled by train to Boscombe Valley (BOSC)
June 27, 1902: Killer Evans wounded Watson in the leg (3GAR)
June 27, 1902: Holmes turned Killer Evans over to Scotland Yard (3GAR)
On June 26th…
June 26, 1889: Holmes interviewed Henry Wood about Colonel Barclay’s death (CROO)
June 26, 1902: John Garrideb visited Holmes (3GAR)
June 26, 1902: Holmes and Watson visited Nathan Garrideb’s museum (3GAR)
On June 25th…
June 25, 1889: Holmes investigated Colonel Barclay’s death (CROO)
June 25, 1890: James McCarthy was brought before the Magistrates (BOSC)
On June 24th…
June 24, 1872: McMurdo was made into Lodge 29 of the Eminent Order of Freemen in Chicago (VALL)
June 24, 1889: Colonel Barclay died of apoplexy (CROO)
June 24, 1890: The coroner’s inquest into Charles McCarthy’s death was held (BOSC)
June 24, 1902: John Garrideb visited Nathan Garrideb (3GAR)
On June 23rd…
June 23, 1890: John Turner murdered Charles McCarthy (BOSC)
On June 22nd…
June 22, 1889: Holmes unmasked Hugh Boone (TWIS)
June 22, 1890: James McCarthy spent a third day in Bristol (BOSC)
On June 21st…
June 21, 1889: Watson found Holmes in the Bar of Gold (TWIS)
June 21, 1890: James McCarthy spent a second day in Bristol (BOSC)